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The article presents the development of a frontal protection system for intervention vehicles that are in use by emergency services in Europe. The design of the FPS is closely related to the current needs of uniformed services. The constituted bodies such as police or military services tend to purchase vehicles, which are not originally equipped with any vehicle frontal protection system. Currently available systems mounted on emergency services vehicles do not differ significantly from commercial solutions available on the market. It turns out that in some critical situations, they do not meet the design requirement as they deform under relative small force, at the same time creating a threat to occupants and other road users. Thus, this paper presents an approach for design a new FPS using CAD/CAE methods. Finally, the physical prototype mounted on a SUV is presented.
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The publication was developed as part of project INNOTECH-K2/IN2/4/181818/NCBR/12 supported by the National Centre for Research and Development in Poland.
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Górski, A., Lewandowski, T., Słomski, W., Ptak, M. (2019). Design of the Vehicle Frontal Protection System for Emergency Services. In: Rusiński, E., Pietrusiak, D. (eds) Proceedings of the 14th International Scientific Conference: Computer Aided Engineering. CAE 2018. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04975-1_29
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